Cananau Surname
Approximately 432 people bear this surname
Cananau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moldova | 248 | 1:14,360 | 2,463 |
| Romania | 169 | 1:118,804 | 13,142 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
Cananau (129) may also be a first name.
Cananau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Cananau Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Cananau occurs more in Moldova more than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Cananau? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 686,443rd most widespread family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 16,869,319 people. The last name is mostly found in Europe, where 99 percent of Cananau reside; 97 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 97 percent reside in Romanian Europe. Cananau is also the 818,356th most prevalent first name in the world, borne by 129 people.
This last name is most prevalent in Moldova, where it is borne by 248 people, or 1 in 14,360. In Moldova Cananau is primarily concentrated in: Căușeni District, where 36 percent reside, Nisporeni District, where 23 percent reside and Edineț District, where 20 percent reside. Aside from Moldova this surname exists in 9 countries. It is also found in Romania, where 39 percent reside and Canada, where 1 percent reside.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Cananau
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